Amusement device



Dec. 17, 1-929. c. BRITTON ET AL 1,739,945

AMUSEMENT DEVI CE Fi1ed Sept. 26. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 17, 1929.

C. BRITTON ET AL AMUSEMENT DEVIC E Filed Sept) 26. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Paterited Dec. 17,1929

CARL BRITTQNVAHD. CLINION MCCOBMACK, OCRAWFORISVLLE, iNnnma AMSIMEN1jEC Application filedeptembef 26{192 8. Sieria l No 308,409.

This invention relates to amusement apto'whieh 9nothefsection 12 of'abrace rod is paratms, and particulary tothat type known connected: Theadjant endsbf the" rode 10 as merry-go-rounds. and 12 are adjustbl connectd by a turn" u It is an object of this invention to provide buckIe 13 andibythis means,' proper tension an amusement device of this chara cter,whex&eis maintained for holding the parts 215- 5:

in the carriage or car for the. users ma ocsemb1ed. i V 4 cupy changing positions radiay as the --A verticzil shat l4 is'appropriateIy jourmomentm increased or diminishes. naled in the center ofthe bow1 a11dthis-s'haft It is a furthei object of this invention to is providedwith a gear Wheel 151 n&3shingH provide a bowl in which the car 01' cars Wi11 With zigear wheel 16-fa'drifl eehaft l7whihfab travel in engagement with the innerwa1i of may be rotated by po'Wer' derived fronia'n the bowl, the radius of the bowl being that appropriate motor, as shown at :18; 1 described by the car in its in vement dn1ing 7 The moton willserve, as Stated, t0 rotate the increased or diminished momentum. the shaft&l4 and the shaft is associatedz'with' It is a still fiuther object of this invention coilars 19 and 20 WhiCh rotate wi th the sh'ai t. 35 t0 provide means forimparting motion to the The coflars have cars; such as 21, .to Which cars, the said means being adjustable for tue SC1ODLI brace rode, suh as 22, may"be con-- purpose of increasing or diminishing the nected,the sections of,each,brace rod being tension of the braces and carpropelilng' adjustab1yconnedtedby a trnbuCkle 23.

20 frame. The upper. andlower ,bi'ace rodseXtend 7o- With the foregoing and otner objecte in outwardy and conVerge,asshoWn at-24; view, the invention consists in the detaiis of The brace rodsa're coi1necedattheir-outen construction, and in the arrangement and ends by a hook' 01 ii1io 24 WhiCh With the combination of parts to be hereinafter more braces formsa wheel. Insteadof empioying fully set forth and ciaimed. a moto1, SuCh as is..shown and hetetofore In desCribing the invention in detaii,ieferdescribed,the Wheel just referred to inay be ence Will be had to the accompanying draw' rotatedtthroug'h xthe employment of a moton ings fo1ming part of this application, wherecycle Whi0h WH'IUD in thebowl (and ha Ve a 1 in like characterS denote corresponding parts hitch or. c0nnectiOn to:the Wheei in any ap in the several views, andin Whih propriate wa. \Vhen this foim of poWex is so F1gure ,1 111ustrates a plan V1GW of an apemployed, the shaft 14 *would rema1nistaparatus embodymg themventwn; t1onar "and the W{heel would be rotataby Figure 2 illustraces a vertical sectional mpunted thereon: 1 A view thereOf; 4 Passenenca1ringfinstrumntahties 2 5, Figure 3 illustratee a view in elevaticn such as a car, 01' otherm0untscommon1y nsed '85 partly in section of 'one of the cars; and in amusement dviceso'f thi ki 'd may b Figure 4 illustrates a plan v ew of said provided with Wheelst at engage theinngr. car. 7 wall;ofthe bowl;andyprferabiyyth d'evicej In carrying the invention int0 practice,as oocupied' by the passnger is connected at its 40 shown in the present embodiment, the bowl irontandrear to the rim' of theWheel;hy .90 is formed of a ph1rzility of sections 5 each hitChes, such as chains 26 and2, the former: of WhiCh has flanges 6 at its edges and the of which is h ere shown as'being.anchored, ae flanges of the contiguons sections are secured at28, to the rear of the car,and the latter as; 7 .t0gether in appropriate way, as by fastenbeing conneccedco the;frdntofthe car.. Thc ings 7, such as bolts or the like. '1he bowl V may be supported in any zipprdpmate way ;*r arandthe h1tch 27 extends forwardly and 1s and a plate 8 in alinement with the bottom connected to the r nnof the wheel immed1ate of the bowl hais cars 9 to which bracing rode lyinf1ont of the car, The relation of Paris 10 are connected. The bottom of tnebowl issncn that the hiCCheS willpermit thecar=to at its inner edge has a plnrality of cars 11 niove np anddowgthg l1, f th "b 1J' 

